Select a topic of interest to you — social, cultural, economic, political; professional, creative, or community-based — and show how the New York Times covers and presents that topic historically and currently

Select a current news story and follow it for seven consecutive days: how does the New York Times cover and present that story?

Select a regular section of the New York Times and analyze how it is shaped — and shapes? — the domain that it covers

Take a position: is it more productive to read the print or digital versions of the New York Times?

Background
The genre you’re working in is the persuasive academic essay. OurSt. Martin’s e-Handbook is very strong in this area, and we’ll be using it at every point along the way in the planning, drafting, revising, and proofreading stages of your project’s development: